From what I've read, couples who lived together before marrying tended to divorce earlier when measured from the date of their marriage, but the difference was equal to the length of time that they spent cohabitating before marriage. In other words, the wedding is just an arbitrary point in the timeline that has no effect on how long couples tend to stay together after first beginning to cohabitate, whether they begin cohabitating on the wedding night or years earlier.
I actually heard this stat a decade ago from a friend who majored in family and human development. I assumed it to be true based on that alone haha. It's nice to know the truth now
If anything cohabitation prevents a lot of would be shitty marriages. When you realize your prince charming cant load a dishwasher and has a tendency to scream at video games well into the night when they know damn well other people have work in the morning it makes you walk back your plans
Correlation equals causation. The study showed that couple who have cohabitated before marriage tend to have higher divorce rates, so the author of the article must be saying that the divorce must be caused by said cohabitation.
@@glitteryapple6819 I'm assuming this statement must have been intended sarcastically. (I don't think I've ever heard anybody actually claim "correlation equals causation" and actually mean it seriously.)
From what I've read, couples who lived together before marrying tended to divorce earlier when measured from the date of their marriage, but the difference was equal to the length of time that they spent cohabitating before marriage. In other words, the wedding is just an arbitrary point in the timeline that has no effect on how long couples tend to stay together after first beginning to cohabitate, whether they begin cohabitating on the wedding night or years earlier.
Interesting…
Thanks for the debunk.
TicTok misinformation. Well I never would have guessed (sarcasm)
Thank you! I still somehow had this lodged in my mind as true, so thanks for helping me update that ^^
I actually heard this stat a decade ago from a friend who majored in family and human development. I assumed it to be true based on that alone haha. It's nice to know the truth now
If anything cohabitation prevents a lot of would be shitty marriages. When you realize your prince charming cant load a dishwasher and has a tendency to scream at video games well into the night when they know damn well other people have work in the morning it makes you walk back your plans
Correlation equals causation. The study showed that couple who have cohabitated before marriage tend to have higher divorce rates, so the author of the article must be saying that the divorce must be caused by said cohabitation.
Did you even watch the video?
@@glitteryapple6819 I'm assuming this statement must have been intended sarcastically. (I don't think I've ever heard anybody actually claim "correlation equals causation" and actually mean it seriously.)
Satire? 🤔